Renowned documentary photographer Chris Rainier and self proclaimed photo activist Saiful Huq will give a free lecture at RIT at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Gosnell Building, room 1250. Huq, a native of Bangladesh, is one of National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project Photography Program 2006 award winners. The program recognizes talented indigenous and minority-culture storytellers from around the world who are documenting their culture through photography. The above photograph, taken by Huq in Bangladesh, is from his award winning photo essay series Stolen Dreams: The Story of the Abandoned Victims of Political Violence. Rainier and Huq’s lecture is co-sponsored by RIT’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences and Eastman Kodak Co.

Saiful Huq | photographer